The Child Care Director's Complete Guide

What You Need to Manage and Lead

Christine A Schmidt

• Publisher: Redleaf Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781605544922
• eBook ISBN:
  9781605544939
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Early Childhood Education

Use this step-by-step guide to becoming an effective and successful child care director or administrator in today’s early childhood education environment. With interviews gathered from program thirty-two directors across the country, this book is a comprehensive guide to becoming the best director you can be. Combined with current research and best practices you will find realistic real-time solutions to address the most common struggles faced by program administrators today.

Christine A. Schmidt is the owner of 2 CR Solutions, Ltd., a consulting, training, and technical assistance company for organizations that serve children birth through age 18.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part 1: Walking on a New Path
• Part 2: Down to the Nitty-Gritty
• Part 3: Finding the Right Staff
• Part 4: Program Quality Assessment Tools and Operating Requirements
• Appendix A: Job Descriptions and Statement of Commitment
• Appendix B: Family Year-End Tax Statement
• Appendix C: Sample Work Grid
• Appendix D: Sample Program Budget
• Appendix E: Petty Cash Voucher
• Appendix F: Sample Job Application
• Appendix G: Phone Interview Questions
• Appendix H: One-on-One Interview Questions
• Appendix I: Working Interview Questions for Teacher Candidates
• Appendix J: Staff Orientation Checklist
• Appendix K: Topics for Staff and Family Handbooks
• Appendix L: Sample Staff Evaluation
• Appendix M: Sample Job Performance Warning
• Appendix N: Sample Payroll Deduction Authorization Form
• Resources
• References
• Index